Subtle Homophobia vs Blatant Homophobia ๐๐๐
Soooooo I've experienced a lot of different variations of homophobia since starting my popular LGBT comic series in 2018 called Our Little Universe, which is centered around a nonhuman lesbian couple with super powers that have a forbidden relationship in their world. But anyway I started making this comic around when I finally came out of the closet in 2017. Making it made me realize how many feelings I have repressed from childhood, teenhood, and even some of my adulthood. So yea for a majority of my life I was drawing heterosexual relationships between characters. I mean that is what is marketed in our society the most right? Most commercials and most movies you see are geared toward a straight lifestyle. I mean that is the world I was raised around. Always man and woman. Your parents would always ask if you liked anyone of the opposite sex and never the same sex. Everything just felt really boxed. Always black and white with no middle. But now that I've grown up and evolved, I realize that not everything has to be. I digress though. The reason I draw my lesbian characters and have so much pride in them is because it feels like my true self and life has blossomed. I'm also a Creator who is helping the LGBT market to become more broad and spread more awareness about the culture. We have a very small market compared to the heterosexual market. And that is worldwide. But I feel like my creativity has no bounds. And I experience subtle homophobia every now and then. (comments like "why do you always draw lesbian couples?" or "you need to draw more straight couples." or even "OMG this is inappropriate. I didn't need to see that. There are kids here.") I've also gotten blatant homophobic comments like "I hate your work cause it is always gay." or "why did you have to make them lesbians? That's disgusting." or "You're going to hell." For what? For being a good person? For simply expressing my feelings of wholesome love? I have a girlfriend by the way. One who I fully intend on marrying when the time is right. And our reality is that when we decide to have kids later on down the line, this will always be a somewhat shaky road for us. There is nothing inappropriate about love between two human beings regardless of their sex\gender\etc. And I find it hilarious that people get so worked up and triggered over fictional characters just because they don't have the sexuality they prefer. It's art so why not allow artists to create their imagination on canvas in peace? Also instead of doing a homophobic rant, why not just block me? It's so much easier to be honest. And yes I know a lot of my animations have ended up in the popular page but what do you expect me to do? Stop drawing altogether just because you're homophobic and don't want to see any LGBT content? Regardless if it makes the front page or not just go about your day. Seriously...blocking me won't hurt my feelings. lol But I'm not going to stop drawing what I want because of homophobia. I have a TikTok account to maintain and I get paid through there as well. I won't cease making content for my TikTok fans but most importantly my comic series, which I have put so much blood, sweat, and tears into. My art is not only about my therapuetic expression but also my livelihood. I'm turning it into my career. So if you hate it so much, just ignore me and scroll or block me. Thank you โค๏ธ๐งก๐๐๐๐
3 years ago 2576 views 12 frames 32 Like
This User's Other Animes
Get App
Draw your original anime with iOS/Android App!
